Two files flagged as trojan by Bitdefender Virus Scanner inside prl-tools-win.tar.gz

Discussion in 'Parallels Desktop on a Mac with Apple silicon' started by Mitch Conner, Nov 30, 2024.

  1. Mitch Conner

    Mitch Conner Bit poster

    Messages:
    1
    I have Parallels Desktop 18.3.3 for Mac, and a Windows 11 virtual machine that has Parallels Tools installed. A "Deep System Scan" using Bitdefender Virus Scanner version 3.17 reports the that file '/Applications/Parallels Desktop.app/Contents/Resources/Tools/prl-tools-win.tar.gz' contains two trojans:

    Threat Name (for both contained files):
    Gen:Trojan.Heur2.FU.cu2@a8pzswoi

    Paths to infected files:
    /Applications/Parallels Desktop.app/Contents/Resources/Tools/prl-tools-win.tar.gz=>prl-tools-win.tar=>Data/ARM64/ParallelsTools-ARM64.msi=>(Embedded CAB)=>mapi32_exe
    /Applications/Parallels Desktop.app/Contents/Resources/Tools/prl-tools-win.tar.gz=>prl-tools-win.tar=>Data/x64/ParallelsTools-x64.msi=>(Embedded CAB) =>mapi32_exe

    Is this true or a false positive?
     

    Attached Files:

  2. megavolt17

    megavolt17 Pro

    Messages:
    413
    Bitdefender for Mac has "gone crazy" lately. It also flags many files in CrossOver as being infected (and deletes them, inactivating CrossOver).

    I have set Bitdefender Mac to exclude my Parallels files and VM, and my CrossOver files from scanning. I have scanned the same files (with no issues found) using Bitdefender PC running in Parallels.

    On a full scan Bitdefender Mac has now started deleting files in my Time Machine archives. Per Bitdefender Mac it is not supposed to scan Time Machine files (making changes can corrupt the whole backup). I have now manually excluded my Time Machine backups from Bitdefender.
     

Share This Page